sukáli

Lingala

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)
    Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
    Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
    Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
    Swahili sukaribor.
    Lingala sukáli

    Borrowed from Swahili sukari,[1] borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

    Noun

    sukáli class 9 (plural sukáli class 10, colloquial plural basukáli class 2)

    1. sugar

    References

    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2011), “Swahili: A Donor Language”, in Lingua Posnaniensis‎[1], volume 53, number 1, →DOI, page 21 of 7-24
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